Akashic Books

Upcoming Events

9/16/19, 5:30pm

Theasa Tuohy presents Flying Jenny at the Yorkville Branch of the New York Public Library.

9/20/19, 7:30pm

Greenlight presents it’s 9th Annual Brooklyn Indie Party. A Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends event.

- “Observations on Parenting—Volume I: Pregnancy/Newborn/Infant” by Brett Pinsent
- My Life on the Line: How the NFL Damn Near Killed Me and Ended Up Saving My Life
- You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity
- Home Girl
- “The Night Shape Shifter” by Kirk Budhooram
Featured Titles

Featured: Black Interest

This reissue of a 1967 story collection shows a mind in motion, featuring writing that is provocative, witty, bitter, and aggressive.

A Jamaican father and his adult son travel across the island together in a touching and humorous novel that explores family reconciliation.

Oddball sexuality, acts of perversion, and out-of-order behavior from the acclaimed Jamaican author of The Lunatic and Dog War.

How funny is this social satire? Akashic Books’s pledge to our readers: Laugh out loud at least once or your money back. Seriously.

9/16/19, 5:30pm

Theasa Tuohy presents Flying Jenny at the Yorkville Branch of the New York Public Library.

9/20/19, 7:30pm

Greenlight presents it’s 9th Annual Brooklyn Indie Party. A Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends event.